One Last Thank You Card For The Year!

I'm so excited with amount of layouts and cards I have been able to get accomplished the last few days. 

Time, like many people, is something I struggle with. 

I often look for great and easy sketches to work with, to give me inspiration and even motivation. 

Today's card was inspired by #302 at CAS(E) This Sketch! 

This creation uses the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set. 

With an awesome color combination of three main colors, Emerald, Mint, and Toffee. 

My card base is made of Emerald cardstock.

I then layered a piece of Toffee cardstock.

I took two pieces of Oh What Fun Patterned Paper, layered them with Emerald cardstock and offset them on the card. 

While the Oh What Fun Patterned Paper Packet is sold out, many of you may have purchased it. 

It's so versatile and really can be used for more than Christmas photos. 

I used the "Thank You" sentiment from the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set as well.

I stamped the sentiment in Toffee on the strip of Mint cardstock. 

Then mounted the sentiment on a piece of Emerald cardstock.

I distressed many of the edges of the layers with Toffee ink. 

I hope you enjoyed today's card, please let me know if you have any questions at all. 

Thankful... with a New Card

There have been so many changes in my life in the last few months, especially the last few weeks. 

All wonderful things career and personal wise! 

I'm thankful for my experiences from 2017, and look forward to what 2018 holds...

I recently created a new card, using all Close to my Heart products, which is sometimes rare for me, once I love so many designers and products!

Here I used papers from the Cats, & Bats Paper Pack,  Silver & Gold Paper Pack, and the gold paper from the Happy Day Cardmaking Kit. 

For the sentiment, I used the Happy Day Cardmaking Kit. 

I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. 

The white & gold ribbon I used as an embellishment is also included in the Cardmaking Kit. 

The ribbon is also sold separately. 

This card was entered into a few challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog- #138 Thank you/ Black & White with a Pop of Color

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge -Add A Sentiment

Daring Cardmakers-Black, White, Pop!

Sparkles Monthly Challenges- Thank You

Little Miss Muffet Challenges- Anything Goes

Polkadoodles-Anything Goes 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge -Week 3 Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner- #157 Anything Goes 

Love To Scrap - #105 Anything Goes

Classic Design Team-#21 Open Challenge

A New Year Thank You Card

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

This week's card is a simple 6 x 6 sized, yet cute little Thank you card. 

The printed digital image is "Winter Flamingos" by Sasayaki Glitter Digital Stamps.

I colored the image in with ShinHan Touch Twin Markers from Close to my Heart.

All Cardstock and Patterned Paper is from the Close to my Heart product line. 

The "Thanks" is from the set "Feel So Blessed" stamp set from Close to my Heart. 

This set is retired, but many of my readers have it in their collection!

I also submitted this card to a few challenges:

Pile It On Challenge Blog-#138 Thank You

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge- Week 1 Anything Goes 

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog-#105 Anything Goes 

Crafting By Designs -Anything Goes January Edition 

Crafty Gals Corner- Challenge #156 Anything Goes 

A Cute Christmas Thank You Card...

Am I the only person who sends Christmas cards out and thank you cards for the gifts I receive? 

Here is one of the many thank you cards I will create over the next few weeks, to send out right after Christmas.

The adorable reindeer is from the digital image set 

Jingle Jolly by Pickled Potpourri Designs.

All of the paper is from Close to my Heart. 

I used the Cranberry cardstock, Sweet Leaf cardstock, and gold foil paper.

The "Thanks" sentiment is from the Close to my Heart 

"Feel So Blessed" stamp set.

I also used  the Sweet Leaf Ink pad to distress the edges.

I entered the card in a few challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - anything goes

Colour Crazy - anything goes

Craftaholics R Us - thank you

Creates and Makes - anything goes

Dragonfly Journeys - gratitude

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes 

Love to Scrap - anything goes
Pile It On Challenge Blog-Large Sentiments & Pickled Potpourri Designs

A New Thank You Card

Hope you all have had an amazing weekend! 

I'm so excited that the temperature has dropped some here in Western Georgia. 

It's still warm, but certainly cool than it was a few weeks ago.

Here is the cute little thank you card I created this weekend. 

I used the "thanks" stamp from our Feel So Blessed set, from Close to my Heart! 

If you purchased this set for $5 during September, then you already have it! 

I used Sweet Leaf exclusive ink for the sentiment. 

I used a few rhinestone bitty sparkles, to jazz it up. 

Then there're three layers of patterned paper. 

All three layers are from the Cats and Bats paper pack from Close to my Heart. 

The cobwebs layer, the orange layer and the letters layer.

I submitted my card to a few challenges this week:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog #135 Spiders/Cobwebs

Creative Moments #128 Anything Goes 

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #210 Anything Goes 

Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #263 Holiday

Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog #12 Autumn or Halloween
Cardz 4 Guyz #180 Halloween or Autumn

A Little Card For A New Little One...

A good friend, is expecting a little girl any day now. 

Her nursery theme is dragons and fairytales. 
So this digital Dragoon stamp from Sasayaki Glitter Digital Stamps was perfect!

The stamp has been colored in with copics. 

The Sweet Leaf cardstock is from Close to my Heart. 

Embellished with Bitty Sparkles. 

The sentiment is from the For You Darling stamp set from Close to my Heart as well.

I submitted this card into a few challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog #135 Fantasy 

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes 

Creative Moments Challenge #127 Anything Goes 

Addicted To Stamps and More #261 Anything Goes 

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #208 Anything Goes 

Triple Stamped Card for a Few Challenges

This week I wanted to feature a card that was not only beautiful, but it doesn't include patterned paper, so it's the perfect technique for those that are just starting out in the stamping world and may only have a few supplies. 

This post will just feature the card itself, but I will have a tutorial posted in the next few days.

For this card, I used For You Darling stamp set by Close to my Heart, to create the floral pattern.

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink for all of the stamping and really thats about it. Very simple. 

I submitted this card to several challenges as well:

Pile It On Challenge Blog #134 No Patterned Paper 

Jo's Scrap Shack-Fun-day Friday Challenge #207 Anything Goes 

Classic Design Team Challenge Blog Challenge #17 Anything Goes 

Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog #11 Lots of Layers 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 38 Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #66 Anything Goes 

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #137 Anything Goes 

Your Scrapbook Place Fall Into Fall Anything Goes 

Beautiful Scales Card

Today, I get to share a simple yet elegant card I created using the 

Mermaid #3 Digital Stamp from IKEsART shop. 

Such a lovely stamp to color using my ShinHan Markers. 

The white layer, and the green layer are both distressed on the edging. On the white layer, I used the Blossom Mini Pigment Ink Pad. 

The green cardstock is Sweet Leaf by Close to my Heart. 

The "Just For You" greeting is from the retired Say It All stamp set by Close to my Heart. If you were fortunate enough to purchase it while it was available you will find it is so versatile.

Three Bitty Rhinestone Sparkles in the corner and that's all it took. 

I submitted my card to a few Challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog #134 Scales or Feathers 

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun Day Friday Challenge #204 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #382 Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner #138 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #135 Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations #349 Anything Goes 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog Anything Goes 

4 Crafty Chicks #366 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog Quick and Easy 

Crafting With Friends #49 Anything Goes

A Quick Birthday Card For A Little Boy...

Today's card is a quick little card I whipped up in literally a few minutes.

I utilized a few layers of cardtsock, a few circle punches, and two of my favorite stamp sets. 

I utilized the party hat stamp from Sweet Birthday and the greeting on the inside from Birthday Sparkles both from Close to my Heart. 

I colored in the little birthday hat with my ShinHan Markers, and popped it up on the 3-D Foam Tape. 

I also stamped a few party hats with VersaMark Ink to create a subtle background. 

I stamped the inside greeting with Tuxedo Black Ink by Memento.

I submitted the card to a few challenges as well:

Pile It On! Challenge #133 For A Child
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog Wednesday Add A Sentiment
CAS on Friday #114 Birthday
That's Crafty Challenge Blog Only Cards
Through The Craftroom Door Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog #342 Anything Goes

Cute Little Hello Card

This morning, I had the most fun creating this cute little card with the "Movie Star" digital line art image from the Melonheadz Clip Art set "Stars Clip Art".

To create this card, I colored in the digital image with my ShinHan markers.

I used a few pieces of ribbon for my embellishment.

I stamped the sentiment "Well, Hello" from the Short and Sweet stamp set with Tuxedo Memento Ink.

I layered the image onto a piece of cardstock.

Then I recycled an old cello card envelope and filled it with some sparkly embossing powder to create my own little shaker card. I then mounted the entire envelope onto the card base with some thin 3-D foam tape.

The inside of the card is simply a piece of white cardstock that I sponged the edges with my Cranberry Mini Pigment Ink Pad.

I also stamped a little stars image with the "Party Gathering" stamp set.

I also entered this card into a few challenges:

Pile It On! -Recycle (cello envelope to create a shaker type card)
Jo's Scrap Shack-Funday Friday Challenge Anything Goes
Create and Inspire Challenge -Challenge#64 Anything Goes
Paper Creator- Challenge #60 Something For Kids
Crafty Awesomeness Challenge-Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge -Anything Goes
Send A Smile For Kids- Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog- Challenge #16 Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - Challenge #7 Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft- Challenge #49 Anything Goes
Two Sisters On the Blog- Challenge #6 Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper August 2017 Challenge -Anything Goes
Cards TV- Card Crazy Crafters Anything Goes Challenge #7

Some fun with a few retired items...

So tonight, I pull out a few retired stamp sets from a while back, and created this cute little card...

For this card, I kept things rather simple. 

The hearts, are three different sized hearts from the retired "Whooo's Your Valentine" Stamp Set. 

I stamped each heart using the Lagoon Mini Pigment Ink Pad, on white cardstock. This Mini Ink Pad is from the Adventure color family. Some of the hearts are stamped off once, some stamped off twice. 

Then I used my Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp "Thank You" from the retired "Courage" stamp set. 

Then I trimmed the cardstock down to about 4 x 5 1/4 inches. I mounted the white cardstock on a piece of dark gray cardstock that is folded to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch card. 

Lastly, I just added a few Rhinestone Clear Sparkles to give it a little extra flare. 

If you have these sets in your collection, be sure to pull them out and give them some love. 

I also chose to enter this card into a few challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #198 Anything Goes 

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog # 46 Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More #251 Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #99 Mid Month Inspiration 

A Birthday Card...

Generally throughout the year, I go through Birthday cards and thank you cards for my customers pretty quickly. Because I sell Close to my Heart products, Uppercase Living, and Tastefully Simple, I am constantly sending cards out. I love sending my customers birthday cards. 

So typically  few times a year I will participate ins swaps so that not only do I receive great cards that I can give, but I can also C.A.S.E. them and create mew ones later. 

So this morning after I finished my children's birthday cards, I created the adult female ones for a recent swap I signed up for over at Splitcoaststampers. 

This card was relatively quick to make. I love the bright orangeish patterned paper at the top, it reminds me of the summer sunshine shining down on the flowers.  I added Rhinestones to the center of each flower for a little sparkle. The inside white layer is sponged with ink as well for a little character. The sentiment on the inside is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. 

I also submitted this card to a few Challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack: Fun Day Friday  #196 Anything Goes

Simon Says: Summer Sunshine 

My Little Man Will Be Turning One In A Few Months...

So as many of you know, I am a mom of 7 children. We have six daughters and one very special little boy. He is the baby and my heart for sure. Well that little baby will be turning 1 in just a few short months. I have no idea where this last year has gone, however I have started trying to plan his birthday party.  

So for his 1st birthday, we decided to go with a Cowboy theme. I knew that one day If I ever had a boy, eventually one of his birthdays would be Western/Cowboy, so I purchased this set and held onto it. 

Just so happens I have recently joined a few more swaps...

So I decided to pull out that set and play. I ended up creating a few Western/Cowboy themed elements for his birthday pictures to go in his first year album.  I will of course post pictures of those later. 

However, for this card, I kept things rather simple. A few layers, some sponging around the edges. I added eyelets in the corner for my embellishments. I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for the Birthday sentiment and for the cowboy hat outline. I hand cut the cowboy hat out.   You will notice I made two different styles as well. 

These cards were made for "children's birthday" swap over at Splitcoaststampers. 

The inside is just a layer of white cardstock with some sponging as well. 

I chose to submit this card to a few Challenges as well:

4 Crafty Chicks: #358 Stampin No Digi's

Jo's Scrap Shack :Fun Day Friday #196 Anything Goes

It's Been Ages Since I...

It's been ages since I made a one layer card. Honestly the last dozen times or so I did, they were always white, white and black, or white with a small pop of color. 

I don't believe I have ever made one with a colored cardstock base, so the One Layer Card, Colored Cardbase Challenge over at Less is More really was a challenge for me. 

I tried to keep things simple. I used white ink on a navy card base. I went with a snow theme, and lightly sponged around the edges. I did round the corners of the bottom of the card as well. 

I also submitted my card to the follow Challenge:

AAA Cards: CAS Game #94 - A Collaboration with Less Is More

Christmas in July

When you have a large family and plenty of friends, you have to start your Christmas card making early...  

So this evening I sat down and started making a few Christmas cards.

I utilized the Jack Paper Packet from Close to my Heart, for the red and green patterned paper. 

The sentiment is a simple, "Just for You" which is perfect for a gift card inside or a card attached to a gift.  This versatile stamp is part of the Petite Perks "Just For You" stamp set. This cute little set has 4 different sentiments. 

As an incentive from me, any order placed in the month of July on my personal website or with me, for $20 or more, will receive a free Petite Perks "Just For You" stamp set. 

How fun is that? A FREE stamp set! 

Once your order is placed, I will ship you the set absolutely free! If you do not already have a 2 x 2 acrylic block or larger, you may wish to add that to your order. It is the recommended block for this FREE stamp set.

I kept the embellishments simple for this one, and only added two Rhinestones, and added a bit of ink sponged around the edges. 

I also added this card to a few Challenges:

Cardz TV: Christmas in July Challenge #1

CraftyHazelnut's: Christmas Challenge Extra for July 

Christmas Cards All Year Round: July Challenge Anything Goes

Jo's Scrapshack: Fun Friday Challenge #196 Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog: #158 Lots of Layers

A New Fun Card, For a Few Challenges

It is Friday, and I've been busy the past few days, creating some new fun goodies to share with you, this card, was created with inspiration from the My Favorite Things Sketch #340.

This one was fairly quick, I did pull out the Cricut to cut my circle, but that was about the 

only extra thing I had to get up from table to do. 

The half circle reminded me of a Sun rising or setting...

The sentiment is from Close to my Heart's Petite Perks stamp set "Just For You".

This card was added to a few challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: #358 Stampin-No Digi's

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Summer Sunshine

CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper July 2017 Challenge